Collier v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. G. W. Collier was convicted of carrying and introducing liquor into that part of Oklahoma formerly known as the Indian Territory, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
Collier was indicted for carrying and introducing liquor from without the state of Oklahoma into that part of the state formerly known as the Indian Territory, in violation of the provisions of the act of March 1, 1895 (28 Stat. c. 145, pp. 693-697). The only evidence produced against him at the trial was the testimony of two witnesses that Collier’s residence at Quinton, in the county of Pittsburg, Okl., was on February 24, 1913, searched by officers of the law, and whisky and beer were found there. There was no evidence on the part of the government as to how long it…
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